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Equitable Growth responds to Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Cook (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 29, 2026
Equitable Growth announces Lily Roberts as new Vice President of Policy and Programs (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases APR 30, 2026
Equitable Growth responds to passage of the federal budget bill (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUL 7, 2025
Equitable Growth founding CEO Heather Boushey joins organization’s Steering Committee (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases FEB 5, 2025
Equitable Growth renews collective bargaining agreement with Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases OCT 3, 2024
Equitable Growth announces launch of Nonresident Scholars program (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 11, 2024
Equitable Growth responds to the Biden-Harris administration’s new worker protection rules (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases APR 24, 2024
Equitable Growth Announces Janelle Jones as New Vice President of Policy and Advocacy (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases NOV 29, 2023
Sameera Fazili and Mary Beth Maxwell join Equitable Growth’s Board of Directors (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases NOV 14, 2023
Equitable Growth announces Shayna Strom as new president and CEO (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JAN 10, 2023
Equitable Growth names Shayna Strom as interim president and CEO (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases SEP 8, 2022
Equitable Growth responds to passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases AUG 16, 2022
Equitable Growth CEO to depart, search for new CEO underway (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 10, 2022
Equitable Growth president and CEO responds to passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases NOV 15, 2021
Equitable Growth ratifies collective bargaining agreement with Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases OCT 13, 2021
Washington Center for Equitable Growth awards $1.3 million to scholars exploring the connection between economic inequality and growth (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases AUG 30, 2021
Byron Auguste joins Equitable Growth Steering Committee (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases AUG 3, 2021
Equitable Growth names economist Michelle Holder as new CEO (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 24, 2021
Equitable Growth responds to passage of American Rescue Plan (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases MAR 12, 2021
Economic Think Tanks’ Letter to Congressional Leaders on the COVID Rescue Package (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases FEB 1, 2021
Equitable Growth CEO to depart for role with new administration (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases NOV 30, 2020
Equitable Growth releases policy agenda for U.S. antitrust enforcement (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases NOV 19, 2020
Lisa Cook, Hilary Hoynes, Atif Mian join Equitable Growth Steering Committee (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases OCT 28, 2020
Statement on Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUL 22, 2020
Equitable Growth awards more than $250,000 for new research on paid leave (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUL 22, 2020
More than 150 economists tell Congress: More relief needed to avoid ‘prolonged suffering’ and ‘stunted economic growth’ (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 16, 2020
Statement on structural racism and economic inequality in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 4, 2020
Equitable Growth president and CEO responds to passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases MAR 27, 2020
New Commerce Department effort will measure who prospers when the economy grows (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases MAR 6, 2020
Longtime Capitol Hill staffer named policy director at Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases FEB 14, 2020
Equitable Growth organizes endorsement by 58 scholars of Measuring Real Income Growth Act (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases DEC 18, 2019
Equitable Growth Announces Claudia Sahm as New Director of Macroeconomic Policy (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases OCT 28, 2019
New Report Reveals Harsh Reality of Unstable Work Schedules on Workers, Families (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases OCT 16, 2019
Washington Center for Equitable Growth invests more than $200,000 to explore effects of paid family leave (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases SEP 13, 2019
Statement on the passing of our founding funder, Herb Sandler (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 6, 2019
Preparing for the Next Recession: Policies to Reduce the Impact on the U.S. Economy (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases MAY 16, 2019
Remembrance: Alan Krueger (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases MAR 18, 2019
American Antitrust Institute names Equitable Growth’s Michael Kades to Advisory Board (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases DEC 4, 2018
Karen Dynan joins Equitable Growth Steering Committee (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 27, 2018
Janet Yellen joins Equitable Growth Steering Committee (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 13, 2018
Labor Economist Kate Bahn to lead Equitable Growth labor and wage initiatives (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases APR 12, 2018
New gender pay inequality report details causes, potential solutions (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases APR 9, 2018
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Announces Fourth Round of Annual Grantmaking, Bringing Total Awards to Nearly $3 Million (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUL 27, 2017
By: Casey Schoeneberger
“Delivering equitable growth” highlights challenges and opportunities facing current and future generations of U.S. policymakers (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases OCT 31, 2016
By: Casey Schoeneberger
Equitable Growth Announces Third Annual Class of Grantees (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUL 20, 2016
By: Casey Schoeneberger
New analysis finds African American and Latino population disproportionately impacted by student debt crisis (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases FEB 17, 2016
By: Casey Schoeneberger
Equitable Growth Announces Second Annual Class of Grantees (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases AUG 11, 2015
By: Casey Schoeneberger
Closing U.S. educational achievement gaps will increase GDP growth & raise revenue (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases FEB 3, 2015
By: Casey Schoeneberger
Heather Boushey on the Economic Benefits of Paid Leave (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JAN 15, 2015
By: Casey Schoeneberger
Heather Boushey on Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Robert Solow (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases NOV 24, 2014
By: Casey Schoeneberger
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Announces Inaugural Class of Grantees (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUL 24, 2014
By: Casey Schoeneberger
Examining Intergenerational Economic Mobility (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases JUN 10, 2014
By: Casey Schoeneberger
Amir Sufi presents House of Debt (opens in a new tab)
Press Releases MAY 20, 2014
By: Casey Schoeneberger
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